I took this shot whilst down at my local harbour the other night shooting the glorious sunset.
Now this image is subjective and I reckon will split opinion, certainly as it eeks more into artistic license than true scene capturing.
The reason for the above comment is because at the time i took the shot I didn't have an ND filter to hand so couldn't lengthen the exposure to smooth out the waves.
As such I thought I would try in post to see how close I could get to the effect. Initially I tried a gaussian blur and a motion blur on their own but these were to silky and harsh.
I then tried a surface blur followed by a very mild motion blur which in my mind yielded a better result. This is in no way a replacement to correct use of an ND filter (hence why i mention it as more artistic license) but I think the result is quite pleasing.
Feel free to come in and rip it to shreds though, I am all for healthy and constructive debating.
Thanks for looking!
Sunset bridges by
Stuart Pardue, on Flickr